Re: Some BL Ideas

I would actually suggest that these NOT be included. They require anywhere from a fair amount of expertise to a great deal of expertise. So when someone closer to my (past newbie but still low) skill level sees this stuff, it just makes the entire package look overly complicated. And the tendency is to just think "so where do I download Mint?"

Re: Some BL Ideas

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Most newbies probably wouldn't know to even look for such apps, but it is probably quite easy for an experienced Linux user to install such apps. I wouldn't know, personally, as I've never installed or used the referenced apps.

Re: Some BL Ideas

Re: Some BL Ideas

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For the most part, I'm with MsMattie. I want a minimal system with a GUI. I'll install the other things that I want on my own. As MsMattie stated, when you remove packages that come as part of a distribution, you wonder what packages may have been left behind.

The other packages (Chrome, TrueCrypt, and Calibre) are all fairly easy to self-install. Chrome is downloadable as a deb from Google, TrueCrypt comes as a script (install by typing ./truecrypt-7.1a-setup-x## on the command line where ## represents the architecture). I'm not sure about Calibre as I've never used it under Linux. I use it under Windows. I do know that it's in the repos, but the version in the Stable repos is fairly old.

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re: Calibre

On Crunchbang when I open up Calibre it will check every time for a new version. If there is one it will notify and give an option to go to a Calibre web page which has the full terminal command for updating to the most recent version. You just copy and paste. I have always done that update and in the several dozen times going to a newer version it has always worked. No busted system. Just newer and improved Calibre.

Re: Some BL Ideas

Well this is all good info.

I missed the boat on #!, and am glad to be a part of the BL community. I didn't know what the "vision" of BL was when I arrived here, and have a much better idea. I like the idea of posting howto's for specific pieces of software that people might want to install, but are not included in the repos for various reasons. Once I get a bit more free time, I am going to tackle one of the more in depth pieces: SELinux / AppArmor. Most users won't use it, but there are a few people out there who might be interested and it will get me deeper into linux than I have been in the last few years.